Other works
Novel: "The Dharma Bums," 1956.
Book: "Big Sur," 1962.
Recorded a series of albums reading his own works; one with musician and TV host
Steve Allen, another with jazz greats
Al Cohn and
Zoot Simms, and another on his own. Not selling well at first, the albums became sought-after collectibles later, with even bootleg copies fetching over $100, until they were reissued (with full remastering, liner notes, and bonus tracks) by Rhino Records in the 1990s.
Album: "Poetry for the Beat Generation" (Dot Records).
Excerpted from the novel, "And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks" (Published by Penguin Classics), "Kerouac and Burroughs: 'New' Beats novel," Published in "The Independent (UK)," Published 5 November 2008.
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